Window-glass-setting gage.



A s. s. moms. WINDOW GLASS SETTING GAGE.

APPLIOATIO YILED SEPT. 2E, N10.

Patented 1560.13, 19l0.

ERRETT S. RHOADS. 0F KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

WINDOW-GLASS-SETTIN G GAGE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 13, 1910.

Application filed September 2S, 1310. Serial No. 584,375.

To all 'whom 'it may concern;

lie it known that l. Emu'r'r S. llzosns, a fitr/ten ot' the United States. residing; at. Kansas Citt'. in the countt1 of Jackson and State ol' Missouri, have inrcntcd certain new and nscnl linprm'enwnts in lYindow-(ilass- 1 Setting' (lagos, of which the .following a specification.

'llns invention relates to windoxtf vlass l of vibration from any canse. lt the window settingr gages and tn t object is to produce a i devil-e ot' this traeter of simple. strong. durable and cheap construction which matr be varied in height and will not slip while sustaining' the weight or' a glass' plate.

With this object in View' the invention consists in certain novel and peculiar features of construction and organization as hereinafter described and claimed; and in order that ity may be. fully understood, reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing'. in whichl"ignre l. is a View shotri-ja Sss plate resting.r edt'eu'ise upon a pair of gages etnliodring nu' intention. Fig. 2. is a central tei-tical longitudinal section of one ot the gages. Fig. l). is a cross section on the linclll-lll of l`ig.`2.

ln the said drawing. indicates a channel iron. theA upper side ot' the bottoni helingr inclined and toothed front its ends to within a .short distance of its center and at the` last-named point provided with an npwat-dl;Y projecting -stud il.

-l indicates a wedge susceptible of littinggr down into the channel plate and 4provided atits under side with teeth 5. for engagenn-nt with teeth L. and provided also with a longitudinal slot t3 receiving the upwardlyA projecting stud 3. the wedge beingiatppcd for its l'nll length hy preference. by a leather. lead or etptiralcnt cotnpressihlc bcfl strip T. 'l`o reduce the height ot' the gage the wedge is adjusted to the left. the limit of such aljn.-'tn:ent hein;A when the right hand end ot' the slot is arrested h r contact. with the sind il. To increase the height of the gaffe the ttt-dac is adjusted in the o iposit'e direction and the lit..it of snel. adgusb nient is attained when the lett-hand cnd of the slotcontes in contact with the sind 3. as will he readily understood.

Assuming that. the sill 8 of the window is lnot perfectly level and it is desired to support a glass plate 9 with its lower edge hortzontal, a pair of gages of the type described are placed upon the sill and adjusted so that the bed strips 'i' shall lie in substantiallltT the saine horizontal plane.. The glass plate is then placed in the window opening and upon the gages, the eontpressible guard str'p 'I Guarding against the edges of the glass plate being,1r chipped or injured in the event sill is lcveland the lower edge of the glass plate is cut. at a slight angle to the horizontal and is therefore 'slightly lower at on@ lower corner than the other when its side edges are vertical the gages can be adjusted to support the glass plate and accommodate the inclination of its lower edge.

The provision of the stud and slot preventsa window setter from carelessljv adjusting the wedge a sufficient` distance to bring the upper side of the cotnpressible strip below the upper edge of the channel iron and thus guards against. an)Y possibility of the glass coming in ContactV with the latter. It also prevents the wedge from beingr adjusted a snlticient distance to the right to render the support insecure, it being' obvious that if the right hand end of the wedge was engaged with the right hand end ot the channel iron. there would be a possibilit \Y of the wedge tilting downward at its projecting or right hand end and resulting in injury to the glass plate. It is obvious that. no lateral displacement of the wedge from the channel iron can occur because thc upwardly projectingarnis of the latter guard against the lateral movement of the former.

ltroin the above description it. will be apparent. that l have produced a window glass setting gage possessingV the 'features of advantage enumerated as desirable and l wish it to be understood that. l reservav the right to malte all changes properly fallin within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

l claim:-

it. A gage, .'oniprising a channel iron. the upper surface of the bottoni being inclined and toothed, a wedge fitting down in the, @hamlet nl the. angle iron and provided in its underside with teeth engaging the teeth of the channel iron, and a coinpressible strip secured on the upper side of the wedge.

9. A gage comprising a channel iron having the upper side of its bottoni inclined and toothed and provided at a suitable point between its encs 'with an u* wurd? xvi-5.55am@- .1' l n stud, a Wedge ttvi'ng down 'm the chmme i the angle iron und provided with L-Qs .ai if. n l i, under slde engavmg the teem o1; 5 nel lron and m a longxtudmid man ing said stu, and, a compressbe strip Sfe- I cured to ih@ upper side of the wage. 

